Quiz about Earth Layers, Tectonic Plates and Inclined Planes Test Review

Question 1

Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Answer

Crust

Answer

Inner Core

Answer

Outer Core

Question 2

Name this boundary

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Sergent

Question 3

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

transform

Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

Answer

sergent

Question 4

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

Answer

transform

Answer

sergent

Question 5

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

Accepted Answer

subduction zone

Answer

submarine zone

Answer

divergence zone

Answer

lower zone

Question 6

Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes and fault line

Answer

volcanoes

Answer

mountains

Answer

trenches

Question 7

Which of the following land formation occurs at a divergent continental/continental boundary?

Accepted Answer

rift valley

Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Answer

deep ocean trench

Answer

Pacific hot spot

Question 8

Mountains form from....

Accepted Answer

collision of plates

Answer

Plates sliding past one another

Answer

plates moving away from each other

Answer

none of these

Question 9

Earth's plates are....

Accepted Answer

Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth

Answer

Never moved

Answer

Move seldom and very fast

Answer

move when they feel like it

Question 10

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

Answer

Supreme Continent

Answer

Eurasia

Answer

Plate tectonics

Question 11

Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ____ is formed.

Accepted Answer

trench

Answer

mountains

Answer

Island arc

Answer

rift valley

Question 12

What are mid-ocean ridges?

Accepted Answer

A chain of underwater mountains

Answer

A chain of underwater falls

Answer

A chain of underwater volcanoes

Answer

A chain of underwater rocks

Question 13

Created by a divergent boundary

Accepted Answer

mid-Atlantic ridge

Answer

rocky mountain

Answer

Mariana's Trench

Answer

volano

Question 14

What type of boundary creates a new seafloor?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent continental to continental

Answer

convergent ocean to continental

Answer

convergent ocean to ocean

Question 15

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

Answer

North American Plate

Answer

Eurasian Plate

Answer

African Plate

Question 16

Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Answer

Convergent Boundary

Answer

Volcanic eruptions

Answer

Mountain building

Question 17

Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

Answer

subduction

Answer

volcanic eruptions

Answer

divergent boundary

Question 18

Occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Answer

Ocean Basin

Answer

Divergent Boundary

Answer

Spreading ridges

Question 19

What layer has a solid inner part and a liquid outer part?

Accepted Answer

Core

Answer

Crust

Answer

Mantle

Answer

none

Question 20

What layer is the thinnest?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Core

Answer

They are all the same size

Question 21

What are the three main layers of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Core, Mantle, Crust

Answer

Center, Middle, Outer

Answer

Center, Mantle, Crush

Answer

Core, Middle, Crush

Question 22

It is possible to drill through the crust.

Accepted Answer

Nah, we've only drilled a little bit, like 1/100th of the way through.

Answer

Sure, they have already done it.

Answer

Yeah, they will get it done soon.

Answer

No way, it would make the world explode

Question 23

This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

outer core

Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Question 24

The layer that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.

Accepted Answer

outer core

Answer

mantle

Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Question 25

Is a layer of weak, or soft, mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly. Tectonic plates move on top of this layer.

Accepted Answer

Asthensophere

Answer

Inner Core

Answer

Lithosphere

Answer

Outer Core

Question 26

This is the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, made up of two parts, is divided into pieces call tectonic plates.

Accepted Answer

Lithosphere

Answer

Inner Core

Answer

Asthensophere

Answer

Outer Core

Question 27

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

Accepted Answer

increases

Answer

decreases

Answer

goes up and down depending on the layer

Answer

stays the same

Question 28

Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth

Accepted Answer

increases

Answer

decreases

Answer

goes up or down depending on the layer

Answer

stays the same

Question 29

Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that has plasticity, or is weak enough to flow?

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere

Answer

crust

Answer

lithosphere

Answer

inner core

Question 30

The ____ is the largest layer of the Earth

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Answer

outer core

Question 31

What layer of Earth do we live on?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Answer

Core

Answer

Mantle

Question 32

An object that makes work easier is a

Accepted Answer

Simple Machine

Answer

Slope and Rise

Answer

Load

Answer

Mechanical Advantage

Question 33

The longer the inclined plane, the ___________________ to move the object

Accepted Answer

the less force you need

Answer

the more force you need

Answer

the more force you need

Answer

same force is needed

Question 34

The unit for force is _____.

Accepted Answer

Newtons

Answer

Neutrons

Answer

Tons

Answer

Inches

Question 35

Which of the following is not an example for inclined planes?

Accepted Answer

Ladder

Answer

Ramp

Answer

Slide

Question 36

Which layer is made (mostly) of SOLID iron and nickel?

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Answer

mantle

Answer

outer core

Question 37

Which layer is made (mostly) of LIQUID iron and nickel?

Accepted Answer

outer core

Answer

crust

Answer

mantle

Answer

inner core

Question 38

Which layer is the hottest?

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Answer

mantle

Answer

outer core

Question 39

Which layer is the coolest?

Accepted Answer

crust

Answer

mantle

Answer

outer core

Answer

inner core

Question 40

Which information is needed to  determine  how fast a  truck  is traveling?

Accepted Answer

distance  and time

Answer

direction and  mass

Answer

size and  speed

Answer

time  and  weight

Question 41

Soccer ball A goes 15 feet in 3 seconds, and Ball B goes 12 feet in 2 seconds. Which ball moved the fastest?

Accepted Answer

Soccer Ball B

Answer

Soccer Ball A

Answer

Their speeds are equal.

Question 42

What is the formula to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

S = d/t

Answer

S = t/d

Answer

S = d x t

Answer

S = t x d

Question 43

Mid-ocean ridges form at _____

Accepted Answer

Ocean-Ocean Divergent

Answer

Continent-Continent Divergent

Answer

Ocean-Ocean Convergent

Answer

Continent-Continent Convergent

Question 44

Rift Valleys form at _____

Accepted Answer

Continent-Continent Divergent

Answer

Ocean-Ocean Divergent

Answer

Ocean-Ocean Convergent

Answer

Continent-Continent Convergent

Question 45

Mountain building at which type of plate boundary

Accepted Answer

Continent-Continent Convergent

Answer

Ocean-Ocean Divergent

Answer

Continent-Continent Divergent

Answer

Ocean-Ocean Convergent

Question 46

The San Andreas fault system is an example of which type of plate boundary

Accepted Answer

Continent-Continent Transform

Answer

Ocean-Ocean Divergent

Answer

Continent-Continent Divergent

Answer

Continent-Continent Convergent

Question 47

Where would the oldest rock be found?

Accepted Answer

O

Answer

L

Answer

M

Answer

N

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